Sharon Kirkey, Postmedia News (skirkey@postmedia.com)
Published: January 21, 2021
Dr. James Downar: Were talking about a scenario where the focus is no longer on the individual himself, but now on our population as a whole.
Canadas Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that a major Toronto Hospital could not withdraw life-support from a minimally conscious and severely brain-damaged man without his familys consent.
Codi Wilson Web Content Writer, CP24
Published Monday, January 18, 2021
TORONTO –Patients with the greatest chance of survival beyond 12 months should be prioritized for critical care in the event that overwhelmed Ontario hospitals need to begin rationing life-saving treatments, the provincial government said in a document sent to hospitals earlier this month.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ALLIANCE
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 18, 2021 Toronto: The AODA Alliance has acquired, and here makes public, a copy of what appears to be the Ford Government’s secret new January 13, 2021 triage protocol which directs Ontario hospitals who is to be refused life-saving critical medical care they need, if hospitals must ration or triage critical care. The AODA Alliance today sent Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott a detailed letter, set out below, asking if the Government disputes that this is the new triage protocol, and spelling out dire concerns with it from the perspective of patients with disabilities.
January 13, 2021
Watch TVO’s flagship current affairs program “The Agenda with Steve Paikin” tonight at 8 or 11 pm Eastern time for a half-hour panel on what the Ford Government should be doing to ensure that patients with disabilities do not face disability discrimination if life-saving critical medical care must be triaged or rationed. This rationing or triage could be needed soon if the soaring COVID-19 infection rates overload Ontario hospitals.
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Society for All People with Disabilities
Web: http://www.aodaalliance.org Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/aodaalliance/
January 12, 2021
SUMMARY
Forty years ago today, people with disabilities in Canada suffered a major defeat in the campaign for full inclusion and full participation in Canadian society. However, it turned out to only be a very temporary defeat, one which only lasted 16 days. Yet forty years ago today, we did not know that this defeat would be so short-lived.
